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Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae Hugh J. Silverman CURRENT POSITION & COORDINATES Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies Stony Brook University (State University of New York) Program Director: Advanced Graduate Certificate in Art and Philosophy Stony Brook Joint Title Appointment: Department of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies Affiliated Faculty Member: Department of Art Affiliated Faculty Member: Department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures MAILING ADDRESS: Department of Philosophy Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York 11794-3750 USA <[email protected]> http//ms.cc.sunysb.edu/~hsilverman/ Executive Director: The International Association for Philosophy and Literature www.iapl.info Hugh J. Silverman | Curriculum Vitae | Page 2 of 45 I. EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Education * B.A. (1966) Lehigh University (USA), 1963-66 * M.A. (1967) Lehigh University (USA), 1966-67 * Université de Paris-Sorbonne (FRANCE), summer 1968 * Université de Paris-X (Nanterre), (FRANCE) 1971-72 * Ph.D. (1973) Stanford University (USA), 1967-73 Regular and Visiting Academic Appointments * Lecturer, California State University, San José, 1972-73 * Lecturer, Stanford University, 1973-74 * Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1974-79) * Visiting Professor, Duquesne University, summer 1978 * Visiting Assistant Professor, New York University, spring 1979 * Associate Professor (with tenure), State University of New York at Stony Brook (1979-83) * Visiting Associate Professor, New York University, fall 1979, 1980 * Visiting Lecturer, Université de Nice, FRANCE, summers 1980, 1981 * Visiting Senior Lecturer, University of Warwick, ENGLAND, spring 1980 * Full Professor (with tenure), State University of New York at Stony Brook (since 1983) * Visiting Professor, New York University, NY, USA, spring 1986 * Visiting Professor, Philosophy, University of Leeds, ENGLAND, spring 1988 * Visiting Professor, Università di Torino ITALY, winter 1989 * Gastprofessor, Philosophisches Institut, Universität Wien, AUSTRIA, summer 1993 * Professeur invité, Philosophie, Fac. des Lettres, Université de Nice, FRANCE, winter 1994 * Visiting Professor, Aesthetics, Univ. of Helsinki, FINLAND, winter 1997 * Gastprofessor, Philosophisches Institut, Universität Wien, AUSTRIA, summer 1997 * Visiting Professor, General Philosophy, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA, July-August 1998 * Visiting Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Helsinki, FINLAND, winter 1999 * Visiting Professor, Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, spring 2000 * Gastprofessor, Philosophisches Institut, Universität Wien, AUSTRIA, summer 2000 * Visiting Professor, Philosophia, Universita di Roma-II (Tor Vergata), ITALY, winter 2001 * Distinguished Chair in the Humanities (Fulbright), Univ. of Vienna, AUSTRIA, Jan-June 2001 * Visiting Professor, Philosophy, University College, Cork, IRELAND, winter 2002 * Visiting Professor, Scandinavian Studies & Comparative Literature, NTNU, University of Trondheim, NORWAY, spring 2002 * Gastprofessor, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Development (IFF), Universität Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA, summer 2003 * Visiting Professor, Philosophy, University of Tampere, FINLAND, winter 2004 * Visiting Professor, School of Philosophy, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, AUSTRALIA, July-August 2004 (continued on next page) Hugh J. Silverman | Curriculum Vitae | Page 3 of 45 II. HONORS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS RESEARCH , TEACHING, TRAVEL, CONFERENCE AWARDS _______________________________________________________________________________________ Regular and Visiting Academic Appointments (continued) * Gastprofessor, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Development (IFF), Universität Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA, summer 2005 * Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, June-July 2008 *Distinguished Chair (Fulbright), Institute for Art Theory and Cultural Studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, AUSTRIA, Summer Semester 2010 *Doctoral Teaching Faculty Member, NordForsk Research Training Course (Doctoral Baltic Philosophy Network), Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, ESTONIA, April 2011 *Visiting Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE, August 2012 Honors / Awards / Fellowships / Grants • University Teaching Award * State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (1977) * Nominated for State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professorship (1996, 1997, 2001) • Research Fellowship Award * American Council of Learned Societies (NEH) Fellowship (1981-82) • Research Fellowship Grants and Awards * Stony Brook Graduate School Grant-in-Aid (1978-79) * State University of New York Faculty Research Fellowships (summers 1977, 1978, 1981) * New York State /Union of University Professions Continuing Faculty Professional Development Awards (1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999) • Research Travel Grants and Awards * Modern Languages Association (MLA)/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Travel Grant For participation in FILLM Congress in BRAZIL (August 1993) * Fulbright Intercountry Travel Grants: > Germany - lectures at the University of Marburg and University of Geissen, GERMANY (February 2001) > The Netherlands - for lectures at Erasmus University Rotterdam and University for Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS (June 2001) Hugh J. Silverman | Curriculum Vitae | Page 4 of 45 II. HONORS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS RESEARCH , TEACHING, TRAVEL, CONFERENCE AWARDS _______________________________________________________________________________________ Honors / Awards / Fellowships / Grants (continued) • Honorary Fellow * Warwick Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature, University of Warwick, Coventry, ENGLAND (1986-89, 1989-92) • University Award Medal * Award Medal of the University of Helsinki, FINLAND (1997) [conferred by the Rector of the University of Helsinki] • Visiting Senior Fellow * Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen/Institute for the Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna, AUSTRIA (Spring-Summer 1998) [in residence research fellowship] • Distinguished Research Fellowship -- Institute for Advanced Study -- La Trobe University * Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA (June-July 2008) • Distinguished Chair - Fulbright * Fulbright-University of Vienna - Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Vienna, AUSTRIA (2000-01) [selected by the Fulbright International Commission as the inaugural Fulbright-University of Vienna Chair in the Humanities] *Fulbright-Distinguished Chair - Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, AUSTRIA (2009-2010) Hugh J. Silverman | Curriculum Vitae | Page 5 of 45 II. HONORS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS RESEARCH , TEACHING, TRAVEL, CONFERENCE AWARDS _______________________________________________________________________________________ Conference Organization Grants Supported conferences and events held at Stony Brook University (State University of New York at Stony Brook): • New York Council for the Humanities “Aesthetics and the Public” Conference Grant (1976-77) • Matchette Foundation Grants “Continental Philosopher Touring Scholar” Program (summer 1977-81) • SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines Conference Grant “The Post-Structuralist Enterprise” (1977-78) • Stony Brook Foundation Conference Grant “The Merleau-Ponty Circle 4th Annual Conference” (1979-80) • Stony Brook Offices of the President, Graduate Dean, Dean of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of Students as well as the Humaniites Institute Conference Support 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature “Crossing Borders” (2000) • Stony Brook Alumni Foundation Stony Brook Philosophy Doctoral Program Celebration Conference - 30th Anniversary (2003-04) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supported conferences and events held elsewhere: Institut fűr Wissenschaft und Kunst / Depot Kunst und Diskussion / Turia & Kant Verlag / Fulbright Commission, Vienna, AUSTRIA, held at the Museumsquartier, Vienna, AUSTRIA International Symposium (26 May 2001) “Hermeneutik-Semiotik-Dekonstruktion: Continental Philosophy in den USA” • Depot Kunst und Diskussion, Vienna, AUSTRIA [organized with Dominik Portune and Peter Zeillinger] Two day conference (June 2005) “Derrida Erinnerungen” Hugh J. Silverman | Curriculum Vitae | Page 6 of 45 II. HONORS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS RESEARCH , TEACHING, TRAVEL, CONFERENCE AWARDS _______________________________________________________________________________________ International Visiting Professorships * Gastprofessor, Philosophisches Institut, Universität Wien, AUSTRIA, summer 1993 * Professeur invité, Philosophie, Faculte des Lettres, Université de Nice, FRANCE, winter 1994 * Visiting Professor, Aesthetics, Univ. of Helsinki, FINLAND, winter 1997 * Gastprofessor, Philosophisches Institut, Universität Wien, AUSTRIA, summer 1997 * Visiting Professor, General Philosophy, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA, July-August 1998 * Visiting Professor, Comparative Literature, University of Helsinki, FINLAND, winter 1999 * Visiting Professor, Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, spring 2000 * Gastprofessor, Philosophisches
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